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Nine-year-old Mexican girl sterilised after birth 'seems to be 15'

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February 08, 201311:09AM

Doctor Enrique Rabago Solorio, director of the Western General Hospital, answers questions during a press conference in Guadalajara, Mexico where a Mexican girl aged nine gave birth to a girl of her own. Picture: AFP Source:
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She has now reported the Zoquipan Hospital in Guadalajara to the local human rights commission which is investigating.

The development came as The Daily Mail published what it says are the first pictures of her mother and stepfather, who live in a poor suburb of Guadalajara, in Jalisco state.

Earlier, officials said they were hunting the alleged father, a 15 to 17-year-old boy, although there were now concerns the girl's stepfather may be the child's father, The Mail reported.

"The girl was just over eight when she got pregnant. The father is a boy who is 17, but we have not found him, since he ran away," the mother of the girl, identified only as Dafne, told local officials in Jalisco state after the birth.

"We are looking for the young man to get his story because she does not understand what has happened. This is a rape or child sex abuse case," said Jorge Villasenor with the state prosecutors' office.

The baby girl was born by caesarian section on January 27 in Zoquipan Hospital, weighing 2.7kg (5.7 pounds).

Both girls were released from the hospital over the weekend, apparently doing well, but the hospital said it would have to do extensive follow-up due to the new mother's age.

Family of nine-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby in Mexico. Pictured is her step-father, another family member with a baby and her mother. Picture: Facebook

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